Archaeological field technicians are long overdue for a union and the time to organize is NOW! If you're a field tech in CRM and interested in organizing your workplace, let us know and we can help connect you with the resources to get started!

Facing waves of cuts to national park workforces and programs, federal lands workers in California voted to join a national union of government employees.

US federalization of Labor Day was intentionally designed to disconnect the day from international Labor Day (May 1st). To weaken international solidarity and US worker consciousness about transnational labor power.

Why zines? Because archaeological field techs have been using zines to discuss labor issues in cultural resource management since the 90s! 🏺

There's no such thing as a union of one, so start talking to your coworkers and build solidarity in the workplace!

Once you get the conversation started, it's important to identify other people in your workplace who can commit to helping you organize! 1/3

Check out this new mutual aid network for people working in historic preservation and cultural resources! 🏺 We're all stronger together!

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Archaeological field technicians are long overdue for a union and the time to organize is NOW! If you're a field tech in CRM and interested in organizing your workplace, let us know and we can help connect you with the resources to get started!

This is what companies wish they could get away with but we won't let them!! A recent job posting on shovelbums was retracted and reposted after receiving backlash for trying to offer $13/hr for a tech position (a living wage in Pennsylvania is estimated to be $22.91/hr) 🏺

Once you get the conversation started, it's important to identify other people in your workplace who can commit to helping you organize! 1/3

There's no such thing as a union of one, so start talking to your coworkers and build solidarity in the workplace!

Good article laying out how the administration is stripping cultural resource protections 🧪🏺

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

Why zines? Because archaeological field techs have been using zines to discuss labor issues in cultural resource management since the 90s! 🏺

My book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, is out in November—and it has a cover! Couldn't be happier with @univnebpress.bsky.social. For more: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978... 🗃️📚🏺🏛️🇲🇽

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history. When the California gold rush began, the tribe lost 90% of its territory despite having lived along the Klamath for millennia.

Want to know more about how you and your crew can organize a union at your workplace? Check out our zine on the basics of unionizing! Printable copies of all our zines are available through the link in our bio!

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Want to learn about the history of the labor movement in American cultural resource management 🏺? Check out our Labor in Archaeology Zine! A printable version is available on google drive at the link in our bio so you can print your own copies to share!

We had a great time at #saa2025 in Denver last month spreading the word about the past, present, and future of the labor movement in American archaeology! 🏺

Big things are happening in the American cultural resource management industry... And you can learn about them here! Stay tuned for updates on the effort to unionize archaeological field technicians in the US and learn how you can get involved! 🏺